The biggest tidbit out of the Brad’s press conference seems to be the fact that there’s a good chance David Montgomery is gone next season.
Brad mentioned something about utilizing him correctly. Our coaching staff didn’t do that this year and it seems that the plan moving forward will be to have Gibbs as the feature back.
I believe it’s a mistake to move on from Montgomery (especially if Gibbs were to be injured) and I’d rather the staff utilize him correctly. I also don’t know if his social media stunt late into the season played into the decision making process but it appears he likely his played last snap for the Lions.
What would be extra frustrating is if he ends up on a contending team and has a career year next year.
Also what would the RB2 (and RB3) plan be with Montgomery gone?
I love Montgomery and hope he goes nowhere. With that said, if it does happen, RB is one of the easiest positions to get production from a mid round pick. I also think Vaki could be an option as well
Monty is still a good player. But I think he wants more carries. He’s 29 and wants to be featured more. Hard to blame him. RB’s post 30 are usually cooked
He’s not a featured back. He will find another 1-2 job where he gets 50% of the snaps. Nobody would be content with Monty as their lead back at this stage in his career.
It sounded like to me that the Lions would like to keep him, but will honor his wishes if he wants to go elsewhere. The Jets might be a prime trade partner, especially since Glenn is trying to build a culture and Monty epitomizes grit.
